I agree with Al -- the Sherwood Engineering tables are mostly lost to me. I understand that the K3 is a very good radio compared to others as pointed out by this information but I couldn't tell you if that information was useful to me. For example, way down on the list is the Icom 756 Pro III but I happen to like my Pro III and only a few times have I noticed differences with the K3 in that the K3 is definitely superior.
The big thing that convinced me in the K3 is Wayne and Eric and this list. The fact that there are dozens, hundreds, of very technical and knowledgable hams on this list who all agree that the K3 is a good radio and are willing to help others, such as myself, learn just a little bit more of this stuff. But, I am learning...I too will someday know why I am setting particular controls one way or another on the K3. It is now my everyday radio and it works great -- my P3 works great too and in a few days my KX1 will work great when I finish it up. 73, phil, K7PEH On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:38 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > Tables like this one mean almost nothing to me. Dynamic range is so good > across > the board that it's now overrated. When you're talking about differences of a > few dB other details start to matter much more. For instance, the chief > factor > that pushed me off the fence toward a K3 was it's diversity reception scheme; > you don't see that listed anywhere in the table. > > What about how the radio *sounds*? Where in the table is that? How about it's > macro and programming capability? Is that in the table? Or its effect on your > psyche after 24 hours of a contest? These things are much harder to measure. > > (Another pet peeve is the dozens of videos on YouTube with two radios set up > side by side as the camera operator switches the antenna between them, while > the > built-in mic on the camera picks up all of the room noise. What in the world > are > these videos supposed to prove?) > > To paraphrase what Wynton Marsalis said about technique-- that all it does is > get you "in the door"-- about all these numbers prove is that a particular > rig > is worthy of closer scrutiny. By no means is it a stamp of approval. This > goes > for the K3 as well as any other rig. > > Al W6LX > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
